GALLIFORMES: Megapodiidae

Leipoa ocellata  

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
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© Vik Dunis 2010
Wathe Flora and Fauna Reserve, VIC (Jun, 2010)

Malleefowl tracks imprinted in the sand and highlighted by the late-afternoon sun.

Not far away we saw a Malleefowl and were able to watch it pecking amongst the ground litter.

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Cryptic Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl mound

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl at Mound

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Pair of Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Working at the Mound

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl Tracks

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl mound

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Pair of Malleefowl

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

Malleefowl